Day 365-Beer 365 Korbinian, Brauerei Weihenstephaner, freising Germany HAPPY NEW YEAR

It's truly hard to believe but 1 year and 365 beers one new beer every day is complete. Tonight's brew was drank for the New Years Celebration, it is a Dopplebock or Dunkles Starkbier at 7.4%ABV and poured an almost black colour one fingers of head that settled to leave only a spattering of lacing. The aroma is somewhat of medicinal, alcohol up front with some dark fruits and roasted malts, toffee and chocolate. The flavour has lots of dark fruits, cherries, plum and some toffee, caramel and a hint of coffee all with a nut background. A really good brew for its style but a little syrupy for my tastes, overall a great way to end the year's quest 3.7 out of 5. NO MORE BOTTLES OF BEER ON THE WALL, UNLESS MAYBE I GET THIRSTY AGAIN WE WILL SEE. HAPPY NEW YEAR AND MAY 2015 BE A GREAT YEAR IN YOUR LIFE, THANKS FOR READING MY BLOG AND CHECK IN AGAIN NOW AND THEN I MAY FIND A FEW MORE TO ADD TO THE LIST. The body is medium to full, and slightly syrupy.

Day 364-Beer 365-1 Harvest Special Ale, Southern Tier Brewing Co. Lakewood New York

The count down to midnight has begun, after tonight one more beer to go to accomplish my goal of 365 different beers, one each day for the year 2014. Tonight's brew is an ESB an extra special/strong bitter. A similar brew is Hobgoblin. This one pours a golden amber with a couple of fingers of head that leaves some very nice and very sticky lacing. The aroma is grapefruit and caramel malts with an earthy background. The flavour is toffee and caramel background with some nice grapefruit hop bitters. A really nicely balanced ESB with a crisp dry finish and much more flavour than most beer in its style, 3.9 out of 5, I wish I had a couple of these to drink tonight but unfortunately I only bought 1. ....ONE MORE BOTTLE OF BEER ON THE WALL....

Day 363-Beer 363 St. Bernardus Christmas Ale, Brouwerij St. Bernardus, Watou Belgium

Well it still the Christmas Season and so my last Christmas ale, this one a Belgian abbey ale. This beer is listed as a Quadruple or a Quad. Inspired by the Trappist brewers of Belgium, a Quadruple is a Belgian style ale of great strength with bolder flavor compared to its Dubbel and Tripel sister styles. Typically a dark creation that ranges within the deep red, brown and garnet hues. Full bodied with a rich malty palate. Sweet with a low bitterness yet a well perceived alcohol. This one is 10%ABV and comes in a 750mil bottle. It poured a dark mahogany colour with lots of fuzzy head that settles to a thin layer of sticky foam. The aroma is fairly sweet with lots of dark fruits, plums, brown sugar with a brandy like background. the flavour is again sweet up front with some dark fruits especially plum with hints of black cherries along with toffee and caramel malts. A great winter brew that will warm your innards 3.9 out of 5

Day 362-Beer 362 Grande Cuvee, Porter Baltique, Les Trois Mousquetaires,Brossard Quebec

An interesting night for an interesting beer. Kristal decided to try a play the Interview on our Internet on the spot and I stated watch it will probably run out with 5 minutes to go. I must have esp because with almost exactly five minutes to go our Internet time ran out, not to worry we refilled it with of course my card and managed to see the end of a movie that was so bad and so corny that it almost became funny. As for tonight's brew it was a nice big 750 mil bottle at 10%ABV which helped me make through the movie. It poured a very dark chocolate colour with a finger of tan coloured head. The aroma had hints of espresso, chocolate, dark fruits, roasted malts and some brandy making almost the aroma of a liqueur. the flavour stars of very sweet, toffee, roasted malt and licorice then coffee with a smokey background and a sweet finish on the palate. Overall a good brew but a little on the sweet side for me 3.6 out of 5. A great desert brew that you could serve as a frozen yogurt float or add it to the pot when you cook your next batch of buttered carrots.

Day 361 - Beer 361 Organic Chocolate Stout, Bison Brewing, Ukiah California

This one is an American Style Stout brewed with Peruvian Cocoa. It poured almost black in colour with one finger of tan coloured head The aroma is dark chocolate, burnt coffee and roasted malts. The flavour chocolate espresso coffee and a hint of bitter chocolate hops. Try this one in your favourite recipes that call for beer or forget the water and add some of this brew to the next gravy that you make. Overall a good stout, 3.5 out of 5 Four More Bottles of Beer on the wall

Day 360-Beer 360 2XMass, Southern Tier Brewing Co. Lakewood New York

some more Christmas cheer, this on is brewed in the tradition of Swedish Glogg with figs, orange peel, spices, 2 varieties of hops and 4 types of malt. It pours a a hazy mahogany colour with one finger of cream coloured head that leaves some spotty lacing with lots of continuous carbonation bubbles. As for the aroma it smells like a cinnamon cookies, candy cane, with some pine tree resin thrown in for good measure. The flavour has a nice pine hop bitterness in the background with some peppery spices and then some sweet candy candy flavour remains on the palate. It certainly is an interesting and different brew that was worth the sample but I probably wouldn't buy another. 3.3 out of 5 .

Day 359-Beer 359 Snow Roller Hoppy Brown Ale, South Burlington, Vermont

I'm Dreaming of a white Christmas.... well there is no snow here in Florida today, although it was a little cool. Had dinner a 1 oclock at Camp Tiger, wow what a meal, then five holes of golf with Kristal and Rochelle followed by a losing game of dominos against the pro's Phylis and Lynn. Well back to the white Christmas we couldn't find any snow so I drank a snow roller. The name contradicts the look, it's far from white. It is listed as an american brown ale and pours a dark brown/mahogany colour with two fingers of off white head that settles to a thin laye of sticky lacing. The smell is nutty with rich earthy malts and some pine and floral hops. The flavour leaves a little sweetness on the palate with nutty malts with pine resin and grassy hops and a peppery background. Overall a good brew that lives up to its label of a "Hoppy Brown Ale". There are more hops than are usual for a Brown Ale. It also makes a good Winter Warmer with is 6.2%ABV. Take your soul for a roll in the snow. 3.4 out of 5. MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT

Day 358 Beer 358 Helios Farmhouse Ale, Victory Brewing Co. Downington Pennsylvania

Tonight's brew is a saison or farmhouse ale. It poured a golden yellow with lots of white head that left a nice coating of lacing. The aroma has a lemon background with soem bread yeasts and sweet malt. The taste is typical saison wheat/bread yeast a hint of lemon zest some herbal hops and a peppery dry finish. Saison has become one of my favourite styles but this one just doesn't do it. 3.2 out of 5. 7 more bottles of beer on the wall......

Day 357-Beer 357 Brooklyn Summer Ale, Brooklyn Brewing C. Brooklyn New York

Tonight's brew is an English Pale ale. It pours a clear golden colour with an orange hint to it. It had one finger of white head that dissipates quickly leaving just a spot of lacing. The aroma is very light with a hint of grassy hops. The flavour has a sweet malt character with a hint of coriander, orange and some grassy hops, Not the best brew but not the worst either 3.2 out of

Day 356-Beer 356 Le Freak Ale, Green Flash Brewing Co. San Diego California

A great day today, weather in the high 70's , golf in the 80's, overall 62 with my handicap, My daughter arrived in Florida for the holidays and some good rummio games with the neighbors, and now the countdown is 10. Le Freak is a combination of two styles, Belgian Trippel and American IPA hence the category Belgian IPA. At 9.2% ABV it is a strong beer and it comes in a one pint 6 oz. bottle. It poured an amber colour with tons of frothy off white head that seem to last forever and stuck to the sides of the glass. The aroma was more Belgian than APA, banana, bready yeast cloves with a hint of citrus and pine resin. The flavour was sweet, banana, bread yeast, coriander, citrus, grapefruit and orange with some peppery spices, coriander and a heavy metallic background from the high alcohol content. It finishes with a bitter yet sweet taste in your mouth. Overall a very interesting brew 3.5 out of 5. .....NINE MORE BOTTLES OF BEER ON THE WALL.....

Day 355-Beer 355 Old Man Winter Ale, Southern Tier Brewing Co. Lakewood New York

this one list as an old ale or a stock ale. They are left in vats to mature hence the name. The usually have a full malt body with plenty of character. Their colour ranges from dark amber to very dark brown. Hop levels can vary greatly they should have a fruity background of raisins and or black current. This one poured a dark brown with one finger of off white heat that created a sticky film of lacing on the sides of the glass. The aroma is very malty, caramel, raisin and toasted nuts with some pine resin and citrus hops in the background. The taste matches the nose, it has a creamy texture at first with hints of dark fruits and sweet caramel malts, toasted grains with a background of pine resin, citrus peel providing a nice hop bitterness. It not what I remember Molson Stock Ale being like but then Molson stock ale does not fit the category at all. A very good brew 3.8 out of 5.10 more bottles of beer on the wall

Day 354-Beer 354 Maximus Ale, Lagunitas Brewing Co. Petaluma California

Tonight's brew is an American Double or Imperial Pale Ale. Typically they are an IPA on steroids with a very heavy malt background and a high alcohol content, this one is 8.2%ABV. It poured a golden/orange colour with one finger of off white head and lots of carbonation bubbles. The head settled to a thick layer of lacing that stick to the sides of the glass as you drink this beer. The aroma is heavy on the hops, citrus, lemon and grapefruit, pine resin and just a hint of something sweet, apricots maybe, in the background.The flavours are also nice and strong,pine resin hops up front moving to sweet toffee and apricot than back to some grapefruit bitterness and a peppery feeling from the alcohol. A really great APA, 3.9 out of 5. Check out 90 Minute IPA for a comparable.

Day 353-Beer 353 Samuel Adams Latitude 48 IPA, Hopology Collection, Boston Beer Co. Jamaica Plains Ma.

Tonight's brew poured a golden amber colour with two fingers of head that lasted a long time and created a nice sticky film of lacing. Lots of carbonation bubbles. The aroma was citrus hops and pine resin. The flavour has some caramel malt up front with some nice cir=trus/grapefuit hop bitterness that finishes with a nice dry taste and some grapefruit on your and a creamy feel. Overall a good American Pale Ale 3.5 out of 5.

Day 352-Beer 352 Farmhouse Red Ale, Blue Moon Brewing Co. , Golden Coloradao

Great game of cards tonight, a Rochelle takes home the big prize again, maybe my turn next week or maybe not. Tonights brew is a saison/farmhouse ale. It poured a copper/amber colour with one finger of off white head that left a thin layer of foam across the surface and some sticky leggs. The aroma for a saison was quite mild, some bread yeast, dark fruit/raisin and a hint of spicy hops. The flavourI bought a six-pack of Farmhouse Red Ale in a grocery store, poured in to a pint glass.The flavour has some swwet malt up front with bready yeast, pepper and just a hint of hop bitterness. An good brew as I do enjoy farmhouse ales. 3.6 out of 5 F

Day 351-Beer 351 Blonde Bock, Gordon Biersch Brewing Co. San Jose California

15 bottles of beer on the wall and soon one will be drank and then there will only be 14. Tonight's brew is a Maibock or Helles Bock, see Dead Guy Ale for a comparative beer. It poured a realitively clear light amber/copper colour with some floaties and one finger of head that left a minimal amount of lacing and a sticky film on the sides of the glass. The aroma is bread yeast, caramel malts and a hint of grassy hops.The flavour has a bready taste up front with very sweet caramel malts and honey with hints of peppery and citrus/lemon hops with some warming as it has 7%ABV. An okay brew but a tad on the sweet side, 3.5 out of 5 14 to go

Day 350-Beer 350 Vitus, Brauerei Weihenstephaner, Freising Germany

Tonight's brew is from a brewer that lists itself as the oldest brewing co. in the world, established in 1040. It brews all of its beers under the purity law of 1516. The brew is a Weizenbock a more powerful Dunkel Weizen (of "bock strength"), it should have a pronounced estery alcohol character, with some spiciness from this, and bolder and more complex malt characters of dark fruits. The average alcohol by volume (abv) is in the range: 7.0-10.0%. This one is 7.7% ABV and comes in a one pint one oz bottle and it won a world beer award for the world's best strong wheat beer in 2012, I am looking forward to this one. It pours a typical unfiltered wheat bear, a cloudy golden yellow colour with two fingers of fluffy white head that settles to leave a small amount of lacing. The aroma is very bold with bread yeast up front and a sweet background of banana and bubblegum and hints of clove and peppery spices. The flavour also stands out, banana bread, spices, cloves with a little honey spread. There is a nice warmth from the high alcohol content but not a burn. This would be a great beer for a cold evening back in Canada which I don't miss right now. And you know I am not a wheat beer fan but this well it transcends the style. A fitting beer for my birthday. 3.9 out of 5

Day 349-Beer 349 Maibock, Capital Brewery Co, Middleton Wisconsin

tonight's brew as the name states is a Maibock. It poured a a murky golden amber with a slight orange hue with two fingers of head that left almost no lacing. The aroma was very yeasty up front with a sweet honey and molasses background. The flavour has caramel malts and bread yeast of front with a spicy hop background which settles back to a sweet finish. A little to sweet for the style but a fairly good brew, 3.5 out of 5

Day 348-Beer 348 Farmers Tan, Southern Tier Brewing Co. Lakewood New York

I'm not sure if it is a Farmers Tan or a Golfers Tan but I probably have both. It poured a orange/amber colour with two fingers of sudsy head that left a little lacing and lot of rising carbonation bubbles. The aroma has hints of floral and citrus hops and some bready malts.The flavour is malty up front with some citrus hops and a dry finish. An okay brew but it won't be on my list for Santa 3.2 out of 5

Day 347-Beer 347 Shock Top Honey Bourbon Cask Wheat Ale, Shock Top Brewing Co. St Louis Mo

This one is thanks to Edie and Fred. This one is a Belgian-Style Witbier, or an unfiltered wheat ale and is brewed with honey, caramel malt, and aged on bourbon cask staves. It pours a very muddy orange colour with one finger of off white head that leaves only a small amount of lacing. The aroma is very unique, lots of honey, caramel candy apple with an oak wine barrel background and the smell of a spicy bourbon. The taste is very sweet lots of honey and brown sugar taste with a very creamy feel in your mouth then some spice and oak which fades again to honey and sugar. A beer that a non beer drinker might enjoy on a hot summer night. A little to sweet for my taste but a good brew 3.4 out of 5

Day 346-Beer 346 Batch 19, Coors Brewing, Golden Colorado

They say this is a pre-prohibition style lager or maybe they just don't want to admit that they made this brew during the prohibition era. It poured a hazy golden copper colour with one finger of head and almost no lacing. The is light, sweet malt and hints of citrus and grassy hops. The flavor is very similar some sweet malt up front with a hint of grassy hops and minimal bitterness. 3.3 out of 5

Day 345-Beer 345 Toasted Coconut Porter, Thomas Creek Brewery, Greenville South Carolina

Tonight's brew is listed as an American Porter. This one uses, according to the label toasted coconut to enhance the flavour. It poured a dark chocolate, almost black colour with almost no head and no lacing although it did leave a sticky film on the sides of the glass as you drank the brew. The aroma unlike the label seemed absent of coconut but rather had a coffee and sweet toasted caramel malt smell. The flavour had a definited essprsesso background with hints of toased and burnt malts and some bitter chocolate and nuts, 3.3 out of 5

Day 344 Beer 344 Sigha, Boon Rawd Brewery, Thailand

It was Dolores and Tom's 48th aniversary tonight and to celebrate we had went to a great Thai restaurant in Winterhaven to celebrate along with Tom, Dolores, Edie and Fred. So a supper the gents, Tom, Fred and Myself all had a couple of Singhas. Singha is a Euro Pale Lager. It poured a clear golden yellow with only one finger of head and virtually no lacing. The aroma is slighty sweet with a grassy hop background. The taste is very crisp and clean with hints of citrus/grapefruit hop bitterness and a nice dry finish. Overall a very good euro lager, 3.4 out of 5.

day 343-beer 343 Lazy Mutt Farmhouse Ale, Minhas Brewery Monroe Wisconsin

This is supoosed to be a farmhouse ale but it is far from it. It pours a clear golden colour with very little head and no lacing. Very little aroma, some citrus hops and bread yeast. The taste is more like a cream ale, a sweet cream soda start with some spicy hops. Not what I would expect of a farmhouse ale but not a bad brew. 3.2 out of 5

Day 342-Beer 342 Swiss Style Amber, Minhas Brewery Monroe Wisconsin

It pours a copper/amber colour with very little head and no lacing.The aroma has just a hint of caramel malts bread yeast and some hops. The taste is fairly sweet, caramel roasted malts a hint of citrus/spicy hops with a sweet after taste, not as much flavour as one might expect in a 5.5%ABV beer. 3.3 out of 5

Missed Post Day Beer 341 from day166-Beer 166 Maclays Traditional Pale Ale, Sleeman Breweries, Guelph Ontario

Couldn't figure out why I was off by a day in my countdown to New Years Eve and checked back to realize this post ended up in my draft posts instead of on the blog. Adding this one back in makes my count right.Last night was a trip to Scotland for a brew so tonight is a Scottish brew made here in Canada. Smallish white head slow recedes above a clear bright washed out golden colored beer. It poured  a golden yellow with a small fizzy head that dissipated quickly and left no lacing, jus t a few carbonation bubbles around the edge of the glass. The aroma was bread grains, sweet malts and a hint of something sour, apple maybe. The taste is typical light ale, bread grains, syrup, malt and just a faint hint of hop bitterness.
Overall the only thing going for this beer is the price as it was one of the cheaper beers I have tried during my sojourn, but, if you like bud light you might like this one. 3 out of 5

Day 340-Beer 340 Fighting Billy Bock, Minhas Brewery, Monroe Wisconsin

Just as an aside Minhas has been brewing beers since 1845, the name of last night's pils. This one pours a very dark amber with a copper hue. It only produce one finger of head but it left some nice sticky lacing.The aroma has hints of chocolate, nuts dark fruit and burnt sugar. The flavour is sweet malts, dark fruit with a hint of spicy hops. Overall a good brew, very tasty and refreshing 3.5 out of 5

Day 339-Beer 339 1845 Pils, Minhas Brewery, Monroe Wisconsin

A little late entering this one,ppearance my internet was down last night so here goes. It poured a golden yellow colour with one finger of head and not much lacing. The aroma was sweet malts and grassy hops. The taste was pils all the way, nice balance of sweet malts and just a hint of hop bitterness, a real easy drinking brew and an above average pilsner. I really enjoyed the refreshing taste of this brew 3.7 out of 5

Day 338-Beer 338 Irresistable Amber Ale, Madison Roiver Brewing Co. Belgrade Montana

Another beer from K&B's trip through Montana, this one an amber ale. It poured a hazy amber colour with lots of carbonation bubbles and one finger of cream coloured head that produced very sticky lacing that clung to the sides of the glass. The aroma had a bready yeast background with hints of caramel malts. The taste although a little thin was also a bready yeast background with some sweet malts and a hint of earthy hops. Overall an okay brew but a little on the light side for my taste 3.2 out of 5

Day 337-Beer 337 Moose Drool, Big Sky Brewing Co., Missoula, Montana

Tonight's brew is an American Brown Ale. It pour a dark amber colour with lots of cream head that left lots of very sticky lacing. The aroma was malty, caramel and hints of nuts and floral hops. The flavour was toasted caramel malt, a slight hop bitterness and a dry finish. Overall a good brew 3.5 out of 5

Day 336-Beer 336 Wild huckleberry Wheat Lager, The Great Northern Brewing Co. Whitefish Montana

you know what I say if you have to add fruit to make it taste good ...... well this one fits. It poured a hazy golden colour with one finger of white head that lasts forever and a day. The aroma has a sour background with lots of wheat and bread yeast and a hint of sweetness from the huckleberrys. The taste is bready up front with lots of fruity sweetness almost blueberry like with a hint of spicy hops to round it out. Not my cup of ... but someone that likes fruity tasting brews would probably enjoy this one 2.9 out of 5

Day 335-Beer 335 Pigs Ass Porter, Harvest Moon Brewing Co. Belt Montana

In a pigs eye or is that in a pigs ass. The label you have to picture, three pigs standing at a bar with only topcoats that are too short to cover there ass, quite a site. This one pours a very dark brow colour with only a little tan coloured head which leaves some spotty but very sticky lacing. The aroma has hints of coffee, milk chocolate and roasted malts. The flavour has lots of chocolate, caramel and toaste malts, maple syrup mixed with coffee and a nut background. A very good porter 3.7 out of 5. Thanks again K&B.

Day 334 Beer 334 Salmon Fly Honey Rye, Madison River Brewing Co. Belgrade, Montana

Another brew from Ken and Barb. This one is a rye beer. It pours a golden colour with a one finger head and little lacing. The aromints of rye a has lots of sweet malts upfront with hints of honey and some earthy hops. The flavour has a real sweet background of honey and caramel with some rye and spicy hops. Overall a very good brew 3.6 out of 5

Day 333-Beer 333 Golden Grizzly Ale, Glacier Brewing Co., Polson Montana

This one is a German style Kölsch. It poured a golden colour with only a small head and little lacing. The aroma had an off, sour, background with hints of bread yeast and some grassy hops. The flavour likewise had a sour background with hints of caramel malts, citrus hops and an acidic aftertaste. Not a very good brew, but I am not sure of how this style is supposed to taste, 3 out of 5

my neighbours chip in

My wonderful neighbours here in Florida, Ken and Barb( also snow birds, they are from NY) went travelling this summer and spent some time in Montana and Wisconsin. The rounded up several beer for me to help with my beer tour. Hope you enjoy the results of there journey, I know I will.

back on the net finally, day 330-332, beers 330-332

finally hooked back to the internet, the long drive to Florida was realitively uneventful, some snow of and on for the first ten hours then clear sailing, just under 22 hours door to door. Day 330-Beer 330, Wells IPA, Wells and Young Ltd., Bedford, UK Day 330 was on the road so this one was drank as a traveller about 10 pm when Rochelle took over the wheel for a few hours. I had to drink it from my travel coffee mug so I am not sure of the colour but it did produce a lot of head. The aroma was fairly light with a hint of hops and some malt but there really wasn`t much of anything. The taste had hints of caramel and some hop bitterness. Not much of an IPA, 3 out of 5

Day 331-Beer 331 Grapefruit Radler, Waterloo Brewing Co. Waterloo Ontario
one should know better than to try something grapefruit from Canada. It was more like drinking fresca than a beer. too sweet, to carbonated all round not my cup of beer 2.9 out of 5

Day 332-Beer 332 La Joufflue,Archibald Microbrasserie, Quebec City, Quebec
The last of my beers from Norm and the last I brought with me from Canada.  this one is a belgian style witbier. It poured a hazy golden yellow colour with nice white head that left some good lacing. The aroma hints of bready yeast, lemon, orange and coriander. The taste matched the smell, bread yeasts, wheat a hint of lemon, orange with a spicy background of cloves and coriander. An okay wheat beer, 3.5 out of 5.